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Welsh vs Maltese


Maltese vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
British Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Ħello  

Thank You
Diolch  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Bore da  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Skużani!  

Bye
Hwyl  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Malti  

French Name
gallois  
maltais  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Semitic  

Branch
Brythonic  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
cym  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Welsh and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Maltese language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Welsh and Maltese Language History.

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Welsh and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Welsh and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Maltese language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Maltese Difficulty

The Welsh vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Welsh and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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